Sharif Sadaf, Professor at Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre

For little more than a month now, Sharif Sadaf has been a professor at the Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre. The specialist in nanostructured semiconductors tells us why he chose to become a professor at INRS.

Sharif Sadaf has travelled widely since his undergraduate studies at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), the country’s most prestigious university. After a master’s degree in materials science and engineering from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea, he earned a doctorate in electrical engineering from McGill University, Montreal. In order to continue his research, he then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, at the National Research Council (NRC), Ottawa and just before his arrival at INRS, at the University of Notre-Dame, Indiana.

Nanoscience and cleanroom

What caught him at INRS? The ultramodern infrastructure of nanostructures and femtoscience he learned about while studying at McGill. “The manufacture and development of high-quality nanostructured semiconductors and nanoscale devices critically require state-of-the-art cleanroom (facility for semiconductor processing) infrastructure and sophisticated tools. Very few universities in North America have this kind of infrastructure,” he explains.

Provide solutions to real-life problems

Contributing to society has always been an important part of Sharif Sadaf’s work. It was therefore obvious for him to continue his research and to become a professor in the field of semiconductors to train young researchers and transmit his passion.

“Semiconductors are everywhere around us in our computers, phones, smart energy, healthcare, transportation, and more. As a teacher, I want to show my students what they can achieve and how to apply their knowledge.”

Sharif Sadaf

“As a researcher, I want to invent cost-effective new materials and energy-efficient devices and provide solutions to real-life problems,” says Professor Sadaf, who has been fascinated by semiconductors since he was a freshman at BUET.

Research Interests

• III- V nanophotonics
• III- V epitaxial quantum nanostructures growth
• Quantum optics
• Oxide and phase change materials growth and device applications
• Nanoelectronics

Training openings for PhD students and postdoctoral fellows

Professor Sadaf is looking for PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows. To apply, contact him at sharif.sadaf@inrs.ca.

Welcome Professor!